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ADDRESS 



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COMMITTEE 



OF THE LATE 



Grafton Gmiittp Contention, 



TO THE 



Independent Electors 



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COUNTY OF GRAFTON, 



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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRF- 



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CONCORD : 

TR1STED BY GEORGE IIOUGK* 

October, 1812. 



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Grafton County Convention. 



AGREEABLY to previous notification, about three thou- 
sand of the friends of peace and got d order, assembled at Or ford 
October 15, 1812. It is presumed Uiat no former occasion has 
culled forth so large, and so respectable a collection of friends of 
peace, in the State of New- Hampshire. 'I he assembly being 
so numerous that thty could not be accommodated in the Meeting 
House, a Stage xvas erected on the Common. On motion of the 
Hon. Benjamin J. Gilbert, of Hanover, Col. Williairi Webster, 
of Plymouth, xvas appointed Chairman, and Ephrain. Kings- 
bury, Esq. of Haverhill, Secretary. The throne cf Grace xvas 
then addressed in an appropriate and impressive manner, by 
the Rev. Sylvester Dana, oj'Orford. The Hon. Moses P. Pay- 
son, explained the objects of the meeting, in a handsome and 
comprehensive jnanner. The assembly xvas then addressed by 
John Nelson, Esa. and Col. Amos A. Brexvster, in a candid, 
spirited, and able tanner. On motion that the Chairman should 
nominate a Committee of ten, to draft an address to the Citizens 
cf Grafton County, the following Gentleme.i xvere nominated 
and appointed : * 

Benjamin J. Gilbert, of Hanover, 

A. G. Britton, of Orford, 

John Rogers, of Ply?nouth, 

Jabez H. Weld, of Plymouth, 

Daniel Blaisde'l, of Canaan, 

Joseph Bell, of 'Haverhill ', 

David Smith, of Bath, 

John Nelson, of Haverhil! i 

Thomas Waterman, of Lebanon, 

Mills- Olcott, of Hanover. 
On motion that a Committee often, be nominated by the Chair- 
man to draft and report Resolutions, expressing the sense of 
Che meeting, the follozving Gentlemen xvere nominated and ap- 
pointed: 

William H. Woodward, of Hanover, 
Phinehas Walker, of Plymouth, 
Enoch Colby, of Thornton, 
Amos A. Brewster, of Hanover*, 
John Fairfield, of Lyme, 



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Samuel Morey, of Or ford, 
Moor Russell, of Plymouth, 
Moses P. Payson, of Bath, 
Ephraim Kingsbury, of Haverhill \ 
Samuel Holmes, of Campion. 

The Convention adjourned for one hour. On tnceti/ig arier 
adjournment, the Hon. Benjamin J. Gilbert.fr the Committee 
tv/io were appointed to prepare an address, reported tkefaliou - 
tyg% which ivas read by Joseph Bell, Esq. and ukis unani- 
mously adopted. 



ADDRESS. 



FELLOW CITIZENS, 

T. HE periodical accountability of rulers to their Constit- 
uents is the distinguishing characteristic of our Republican 
Government — It is the " redeeming principle'* which the 
"Wisdom of our Constitution has provided *,. remove, when 
necessary from the Councils of the nation, corrupt or incom- 
petent Kulers — to counteract the effects of rash, precipitate, 
and impolitic measures — to check the presumptuous and un- 
hallowed aspirings of unprincipled ambition, anc* to preserve 
and perpetuate to the American people an administration of 
the General Government all the unadulterated principles of 
its original establishment. 

But this constitutional privilege, fellow-citizens, to be as 
inestimable in its practical operation, as it is unrivalled in 
theoretical excellence, must be exercised with candor and in- 
telligence, and maintained in its original purity with firmness 
and independence. Let it but once become the passive instru- 
ment of unprincipled ambitioH, or the prostituted organ of in- 
furiated faction, and the boasted excellence of our civil insti- 
tutions, is nothing but a name — our liberties are gene — our 
Government is dissolved. 

It requires no spirit of prophecy to predict, that if our Gov- 
ernment is destined to add one more to the long listed obitu- 
ary of Republics, the corruption and abuse of our electoral 
rights will be the instrument «f its destitution — Our liber- 
ties will only be commensurate wiih the jreedom and purity 
of our elections. Our dangers are always the greatest when 
our watchfulness is the least. From the perversion of our 
rights we fondly imagine we have nothing to fear. But the. 
tempter is not the less dangerous by appearing in the garb of 
an angel of light, nor the' dingers to American liberty the 
less to be dreaded by arising from its natural guardians and 
protectors. 



It is an unquestionable truth that a great and enlightened 
people can never be enslaved without their own consent : but 
the uniform language of historv is, that the liberties and in- 
dependence of nations have, in all ages, been sacrificed to the 
gratification and advancement of ambitious and unprincipled 
favorites. The people have first been flattered, then com- 
manded ; — they have first been corrupted — slavery is then 
their natural state. 

But a single instance, fellow-citizens, within the recollec- 
tion of us ail, still speaks to every intelligent friend to his 
country in a language which cannot be miisunderstood„ and 
ought not to be disregarded — Republican France is a name 
still dear to the sympathies and recollections of many — Re- 
publican France, a land that but lately rung with the songs oi 
liberty, and resounded from the mouths of infatuated mill- 
ions, with the shouts of equalitv, is now bending beneath the 
insupportable weight of a Military Despotism. The songs 
of liberty are hushed f u-ever— the shouts of equality are 
drowned and lost amid the clangor of arms, the cries of suf- 
fering innocence, and the resistless mandates of a ferocious 
and inexorable Tyrant— And yet, fellow-citizens, it was a 
prostitution of the sacred rights of Freemen — it was a corrupt 
lion of the inestimable privilege on which our Republic is 
founded — it was a mere mockery of the elective franchise thai 
placed the Coroican Usurper on the throne of the Bourbons. 

In the formation of a Government on the unalterable basis 
of an originnl equality of rights and of persons, it was easy to 
foresee diat a long continued and uninterrupted exercise oi 
power Would sometimes corrupt the best, and that the low acts 
of cunning, duplicity, and intrigue would sometimes elevate, 
to dignified and responsible stations, the worst men in socie- 
ty. It was, therefore, wisely left to the returning good sense 
of 'the people, when thus misled and abused ; and when the 
errors in policv, and the aberrations in practice of their Ru- 
lers threatened the prostration of their dearest nights and the 
annihilation of their most important interests, to apply an 
efficient and salutary corrective to the evil, in tthe free, un- 
biassed, and intelligent exercise' of their electoral privileges. 

The important responsibility, fellow-citizens, has devolved 
upon us, in common with our fellow electors throughout the 
Union, of applying this sovereign aad salutary remedy to the 
existing evils, the wounded honejr, and injured interests of 
our common country. 

The periodical return of our Representative and Pivesiden- 
tial election, in the present embarrassed situation of cur na- 
tional affairs, presents the most important question which 
has been, submitted to our consideration and decision since 



the adoption of the Federal Constitution. We $re called up- 
on to offer, by our suffrages, the seal of approbation ; or to 
stamp reprobation and reproach upon the measures adopted 
and the policy pursu.d by the present administration of" our 
rational Government. This is an event peculiarly calculated 
to awaken, in the minds of freemen, serious recollections of 
the past, and anxious anticipations for the future. Undei 
such circumstances, a review of the policy of our national 
administration, conducted in the spirit of candor and concilia? 
tion, and not for the purpose of recrimination and abuse, is 
indispensable to the formation of rational a^d consistent opin- 
ions of public men and public measures. While a disastrous 
war is raging -without, and domestic dessentinns -v-thin— 
while the armies of our enemy are spreading devastat on on 
our borders, and her fleets sweeping our c< mmerce from the 
ocean ; it is no time to awaken the remembrance of remedi- 
less wrongs, or to inflame the animosities and sharpen the 
bickerings of exasperated parties. The calamities which 
threaten our country are great ; the spirit of unanimity, 
moderation, and forbearance, should be great in proportion. 

But while we thus bury in oblivion all subjects oi minor 
complaints, and consider them as merged in the overwhelm- 
ing calamities which, in a country like ours, must ever be the 
concomitants of war ; we can never cfcase, but with the je- 
moval of the cause, to raise the voice oi loud and deep remon- 
strance against that imbecility and partiality in our councils, 
which have already disgraced us abroad, and that rashness^ 
improvidence, and precipitancy which now threaten the in- 
discriminate ruin of all classes of our citizens at home. We 
can never cease to depn cate that unfortunate system of 
measures which has, to such an alarming and unprecedented 
degree, demoralized our citizens — frittered down our nation- 
al resources — paralized our national spirit of enterprise — 
destroyed our once flourishing commerce — annihilated our 
fisheries — impaired the energies and the resources of the 
mechanic and the agriculturest ; and, in the commencement 
of our hopes, cheek<. d the swelling buds and opening blossoms 
of American prosperitv. 

But the voice oi suffering and remonstrance alone will nev- 
er replace our country on the proud eminence she has aban- 
doned, nor restore to our citizens that unexampled prosperi- 
ty which has been so wantonly sacrificed. We must raise 
our voices and our exertions together — We must fullv ex- 
amine the causes of our complaint — We must then fearlessly 
apply the Corsiitutional remedy. We must cherish the vir- 
tues, encourage the spirit, and imitate the examples of the 
early ancestors of our liberties. Kad the Patriots of our 



Revolution but tamely yielded to the unwarrantable claims 
and quietly submitted to the arbitrary impositions of an in- 
fatuated ministry ; we should now have been subject to the 
grasp of foreign domination, and locking up, with mingled 
anxiety and gratitude, to the pampered minions of Royalty , 
for the tardy distribution of the miserable fragments of our 
' Rights, to be dispersed as the caprice of power might dictate, 
or pur Q\vn servility merit. 

But thanks to the enlightened and discriminating minds of 
the S kgesj and the invincible courage, constancy, and persever- 
ance of the Heroes of our Revolution, our better destiny pre- 
vailed. They saw, in the helpless youngling of oppression, the 
future claws of the full grown monster. While tyranny was 
but yet in the blossom — fair, attractive, and alluring, they fore- 
saw the very gall and bitterness of its ripened fruit. They no 
sooner saw this, than they wisely determined to resist the first 
f:n<:roachments of arbitrary power, and " to pledge their liveSj 
their fortunes, and their sacred honors'"' in defence of the rights 
and iibet ties of their Country. They did resist and National 
Independence, and the Federal Constitution, are the glorious re- 
sults of their firmness and perseverance. 

The history of our Country, during the short but eventful 
period since the declaration of our independence, has displayed 
all the varieties of fortune which have ever distinguished the 
most favored and the most unfortunate of nations. We be- 
hold it, at one time, illuminated with the brightest lights oi 
prosperity ; and again shrouded in the darkest hues of adver- 
sity. The different political systems for the administration oi 
our national Government which have been matured, approved, 
and supported by the partisans of the different political schools 
which have divided the opinions of our country, have apparent- 
ly been the instruments iu the production of these opposite and 
successive effects. 

Washington, the Father of his .Country, stands deservedly al 
the head of the first system — Jefferson, the Author of our divi- 
sions, and the idol of his party, as deservedly stands at the head 
of the second. T he system of Washington was founded on tht 
actual Constitution of human nature, the existing constitutions 
of civil societies — it was a system of adequate defence, addressed 
-co the fears and the interests of nations. The system of Jeffer- 
son was professedly founded on what human nature shsuld be— 
it was a speculative system of philosophical moderation, addressed 
to an assumed and imaginary sense of national justice and forbear- 
ance. The one was calculated to. defend our rights by force— 
the other by remonstrance — The Soldier and Statesman of Monl 
Vernon presented the olive branch in one hand, and the sword 
of defence in the other. The Philosopher of Monticelio, with 
one hand brandished his quill, and with the other unfurled hi; 
parchment. 



Systems so radically different in their principles, must natur- 
ally be expected to have produced as radical a difference in their 
effects. Preparation and impartiality characterized the first— - 
unprecedented prosperity was the natural results. Imbecility and 
National Favoritism characterized the second— -individual miser? 
and national degradation are the melancholy consequence'". 

Contrast for a moment, fellow-citizens, the commencement 
with the termination of the Federal adminis'iation. When our 
national Government first went into operation the prospects of 
our Country were dark, gloomy, and threatening — The spirit of 
disorganization had already gone abroad, infused its poison into 
all raiaks and descriptions of our citizens, and manifested strong 
indications of the impending approach of some great national 
convulsion. Revolutionary licentiousness had taken place of 
the settled habits and well defined notioNis of "he early asserters 
of liberty, and the principles of moral r'-ght and civil responsibil- 
ity had to an alarming and unprecedented degree lost their 
influence over society. The standard ol insurrection had been 
openly unfurled in opposition to all settled law, and all regulat- 
ed Government --public confidence, private credit and the re- 
venues of the country were reduced to the lowest ebb. The 
nervelts;? and palsied arms of Government was incompetent to 
the enforcement of its own requisitions, and the disjointed and 
Tuinous fabric of the Confederation v/as tottering to its fall and 
tumbling into ruins. 

At such a time and under such circumstances Washing: 
was a second time entrusted with the preservation of his Coun- 
try. The changes almost instantaneously produced, marked the 
wisdom of the Statesman and the magnanimity of the Soldier. 
Order arose out of the political chaos-— regularity, consistency, 
and energy were introduced into every department of the Gov- 
ernment. Systems of laws were established — Systems of rev- 
enue organized, and the consequent re-establishment of public- 
confidence and private credit cheered the droopings of dispon- 
dency, and encouraged rational expectation. The vild fervor 
of revolutionary frenzy was repressed or extinguished ; faction 
for a time slumbered or slept. Agriculture flourished, the me- 
chanic arts were encouraged, and the renovated spirit of com- 
mercial enterprise whitened every sea with American canv. 
and wafted into port the various productions of every clime. 

Such were the consequences which naturally flowed from 
the principles adopted and the policy pursued by the Washing- 
ton administration. The history of this period will ever be re- 
garded as tte minor of American Patriotism. The dispondin 
mind even now rouses into activity, and the languid eve jleam ' 
and sparkles at the recollection of those literally gulden day. 
departed American prosperity. 

But the political system of Washington passed away, UlA 
wi'.h it the brilliant prospects, the prcud hopes, and elevated 



expectations of our rising country. The peaceful and econom* 
zeal system of Jefferson, succeeded. — It was ushered into no- 
tice with all the pomp of declamation, and all the parade o£ 
profession. The destinies of a great and populous country, 
abounding in wealth, and flourishing in commerce, happy at 
home, and respected abroad, were committed to the untried 
operation of a new and speculative system of measures. We 
were exultingly told, that a new and splendid era was about to 
commence — that domestic divisions, and party dissentions, 
should be done away — that "political intolerance, as despotic 
as n icked," should be banished from our councils forever^ 
We were taught to expect, that under so wise, so just, and so 
philosophic an administration, our rights would be respected, 
without the trouble of defence— that peace would universally 
prevail, and the "nations learn war no more." — But, fellow 
citizens, how have these professions been fulfilled ? How 
have these expectations been realized ? — Let the universal 
proscription of all the friends to the former administrations, 
who preferred removal from office, to the passive surrender 
of the rights of Freemen, the liberty of Speech, and the inde- 
pendence of opinion — Let our once flourishing country, now 
3'inking under the pressure of commercial embarrassments, 
and the burdens, the privations and the calamities of a war, 
from whose premature commencement we had nothing to 
hope — from whose weak and improvident prosecution we have 
nothing to gain, declare to the American people, how these 
professions were fulfilled, and how these expectations have 
been realizrd. 

The system of Jefferson was adopted to the. temporary feelings^ 
not the permanent interests of the people. The tone cf our nation- 
al feelings and sentiments, was artfully let down to accommodate 
measures which nothing but the consistency of party had made 
necessary, and to suit the speculative schemes of a visionary 
theorist ; preparations for defence were systimatically abandon- 
ed, as if human nature had undergone a miraculous change, and 
a political millenium already commenced. This was a radical 
error in policy- 1 - — while nations were literally rising up against 
nation, and kingdom against kingdom, it was apparent to all men 
of practical views, and unprtjudictd minds, that a nation ivithtut de* 
fence, would soon be a nation without rights. But the experi- 
ment has already been made, and experience has already given 
judgment against it ; and now proclaims in language which can- 
not be misunderstood, that if unprepared to repel aggressions 
on our rights, and effectually to punish the aggressors, w r e have 
nothing to expect from the pretended justice, moderation and 
forbearance of natiens, but repetitions of insult and reiterations 
of injury. 

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But this radical error in policy, fellow citizens, has eventu- 
ally been productive of the most disastrous consequences to our 
Country. From this culpable neglect of the fundamental max- 
im of national policy, "in peace, prepare for war," has resulted, 
that wavering, inefficient and contradictory system of measures, 
which have reduced our country from a state of unexampled 
prosperity, to national wretchedness and degradation. The 
want of adequate preparation for defence, combined with the local 
interests, attachments, and the foreign antipathies and partialities of 
our Rulers, has led to the adoption of a system of commercial 
restrictions, a species of commercial warfare, as abhorrent to the 
feelings, as it is destructive to the interests of the American peo- 
ple. These causes, combined, have led to the adoption of the 
the Continental System of France , they hare chained our coun- 
try to the car of the Conquerer of Europe ; they have plunged 
us into a war, avowedly for conquest, in which there is no as- 
signable object that war can effect, which Patriotism can ap- 
prove.— It is a fact, fellow citizens, as disgraceful to the Amer- 
ican name, as it is unnerving to the energies, and appalling to the 
spirit of American Patriotism that we are now virtually righting 
the Battles of France. The'disgraee, and the disasters of the 
vanquished may be ours ; but the advantages of victory will be 
exclusively hers. The cause of the only Republic on earth, is 
identified in fact, if not inform, with the cause of the Destroyer 
of all the Republics of Europe. On what other system, fellow 
citizens, can we account for the whole system of our Commer- 
cial Restrictions, our Non-Importations, Non- Intercourse and 
Embargoes, so injurious to ourselves and so exactly corresponding, 
in time and principle, with the views and .interests of France ? 
How else shall we account, for our premature declaration of war, 
with comparatively no preparations for attack or defence, by 
sea or by land ? How tkt shall we account for an inter- 
course apparently so friendly between the Cabinets of the 
two Countries, after we had once been made the dupes of the 
most infamous political manoeuvre which ever disgraced the 
diplomatic intercourse of civilized nations ? But, especial- 
ly, fellow-citizens, how eke shall lie account for the rejec- 
tion of the armistick, the precursor of peace ^ and the con- 
tinuance of the horrors and the calamities of war, alter the 
■notorious removal oj its principal cause, in the revocation of 
the British Orders in Council I 

These, and similar fact3, fellow-citizens, so consistent with 
the interests of FRANCE, and so inconsistent with any other 
interest, produce in our minds a conviction as strong, ik as 
if a voice from Heaven should declare it — that there is a se- 
cret understanding— that there is a fatal foreign influence 
grating in our Councils, which) without the timely efforts of 



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the people to counteract It by a change of Rulers, will lay our 
Freedom in the dust."* , 

Let our exertions then, fellow-citizens, correspond with 
our belief. Let our efforts to counteract u this fatal foreign 
influence" be prompt, be vigorous, be unanimous. Let party 
dissentions and animosities be sacrificed on the altar of the 
public Good. Let us not be prevented by sinister views and 
local or temporary interests, from making one great and 
strenuous effort to save our common country from the inex- 
tricable abyss before us. Let us, by a firm, united, and in- 
telligent exercise of our electoral rights, restore, once more, 
to the Councils of the Nation that well regulated and con- 
siderate energy, wisdom, and impartiality which distin- 
guished the administration of the Father of his Country. 

WILLIAM WEBSTER, Chairman. 

Ephraim Kisgslury Secretary, 

* Speech of the Hon. George Sullivan, to the Rockinglutm 

^Convention* 



Resolutions. 



William II. Woodward, Esq. for the Committee to prepare 
Resolutions, reported the following, winch were read by the 
Secretary, and unanimously adopted. 

Refohect\ That we claim the right to aflemblc 
in an orderly and peaceable manner to confult on 
the common good as guaranteed by the Conftitu- 
tion of this State, and recognized by the Conftitu- 
tion of the United States ; and vtzfolemnly protejl 
againft the recent defpotic dogmas of thofe who 
denounce the exercife of this right. 

Refolved^ That we confider the Conftitution of 
the United States, which was the Ark of our po- 
litical Salvation, as wifely calculated, when well 
adminiftered, to advance the profperity of our 
country, and confequently to promote individual 
happinefs ; and that we had fondly anticipated a 
courfe of falutary meafures, an uninterrupted fcene 
of profperity ; but it is with deep regret we fo foon 
witnefs a reverfe which threatens the deftrucYion of 
our falrejl hopes. 

Refolved, That the common good of a people 
cfTentially depends on the honed and faithful ad- 
ministration of the government, and civil inftitu- 
tions ordained by thewfelvcs for the prefervation of 
all their rights ; and we are decidedly of opinion 
that this common good has been much impaired 
by the prefent and late administration of our Gov- 
ernment, in the adoption of many meafures of anti- 
republican tendency — Vaft acceflions have been 
made to our territory at an enormous expenfe. 
New States are created without the limits of the 
original compact, and united to the body ; — oui 



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frontiers, which were at ft/ft extenfive, are now 
immenfe, and not defenfible." A navy, which had 
begun to be refpe&ed and promiied great advan- 
tages, is nearly annihilated. Commerce and agri- 
culture proftrated, an overflowing treafury reduc- 
ed to beggary. The lacred right of debate in our 
national councils grofsly violated under the bane- 
ful influences of a hateful foreign defpot ; the ener- 
gies of the nation have been impaired by futile 
fyfterns of coercion, and its fpirit and refources are 
wafted by ill-timed and imbecile efforts to profe- 
cute a war for the conqueft of a petty colony of 
Great-Britain — a war which we confider prema- 
ture y impolitic y mexpedient \ unjujl, and ruinous to 
our Country — 2. war of conqueft \ inconfiftent with 
the genius of our Government, for the profecution 
of which, attempts are made to detach the Militia 
of the refpeclive States on expeditions never con- 
templated by the framers of our National compact. 

Refolvcd, That we are alarmed that our dele- 
gates in Congrefs, forgetting their conftitutional 
difqualifications, have, in the face of the people, 
afTumeu to be electors of Prefident and Vice-Prefi- 
dent of the United States. 

kiefolvtd, That we deeply lament that the ar- 
miftice which was entered into between General 
Dearborn and the Governor of Lower Canada, was 
not ratified by Piefident Madifon ; his rejection of 
which, in our view, indicating not merely an in- 
difpofition {ox peace with, but a fettied and inveter- 
ate hojldity againft Great-Britain , and portending 
what we hull more dread, z.fuhfcr'o'unce to the inter- 
efts of the grand Dcftroyer of Liberty. 

Refolvcd^ That we are fin cere friends of the 
union ofthefe States, and cordially denounce every 
meafure and deprecate every event which tends in 



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the fmallcj} degree to weaken the bond of this 
union. 

Refolved, That it is the duty of every patriot to 
learch into the myfteries which invelope our belov- 
ed Country, and to inquire into the caufes of the 
calamities which every portion of our land already 
iuffers, and thofe (till more dreadful which threat- 
en ; and with the ardor of republican freemen, 
fhive by all jujl means, to ftay their further 
progrcfs. 

Resolved, That judging of the qualifications of 
men by their meafures, we* are compelled to fay, 
that the prefent rulers of our Country have forfeited 
the confidence repofcd in them by the people, and 
are no longer entitled to their fupport. 

Refolved, That after being deprived of many 
privileges, which constituted a part of our birth- 
right, and threatened with the deftruction of the 
residue, it is our indispenfable duty to adopt all hon- 
eft and honorable meafures to replenifh our nation- 
al councils with men of integrity, talents and infor- 
mation, and fuch as fhall be entitled to the blcfling 
of peace-makers. 

Rcfclved, That in times of peril, like the prefent, 
when dangers are thickening around us, and de- 
ltrucYion (tares us in the face, it is the duty of every 
Citizen to abandon all minor points of political 
altercations, and we therefore highly approve the 
nomination of the Hon. John Goddard, in the 
Electoral Ticket of our friends, the friends of peace 
and commerce in this State. 

Refolved, That repofmg great confidence in the 
talents, integrity, and patriotifm of the Hon. John 
Goddard, Oliver Peabody, Samuel Hale, Nathan 
Taylor, Timothy Farrar, Benjamin West, Caleb 
Ellis, & Jonathan Franklin, who have been nomina- 



ted by our fellow citizens in other parts of the State, 
we agree by every fair and honorable meafure in 
our power, to promote their election as electors of 
Prefident and Vice Prefident of the United States ; 
and have like confidence in the qualification, of 
Daniel Webster, Bradbury Cilley, William Hale, 
Samuel Smith, Roger Vose, and Jeduthun Wilcox, 
Esqrs. we engage in like manner, to fupport their 
election as Reprefentatives to Congrefs : And re- 
commend thefe tickets to the Citizens of this 

County. 

William Webster, Chairman, 
Attest, £. Kingsbury, Secretary, 

On motion of Hon. B. J. Gilbert, it was voted, that the' 
proceedings of this meeting, together with the Address and 
and Resolutions, be copied for publication ; and that they be 
signed by the Chairman and countersigned by the Secretary. 

The exercises were then closed with prayer, by the Rev* 
Mr, Webber, of Campton. 



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